tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post2165435858830092198..comments2016-11-24T23:29:35.509-08:00Comments on Whispers from the Edge of the Rainforest: Tues Post #1: Media Manipulation? You decide.Whisperernoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-66268192690436830522013-02-21T18:44:29.677-08:002013-02-21T18:44:29.677-08:00http://www.theprovince.com/business/Senior+manager...http://www.theprovince.com/business/Senior+manager+resigns+after+Real+Estate+company+caught/7999235/story.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-7241177207543766072013-02-16T13:25:26.576-08:002013-02-16T13:25:26.576-08:00I struggle to understand why would the reporter, S...I struggle to understand why would the reporter, Shannon Paterson, from CTV failed to perform due diligence on the materials/subjects surrounding the story. Isn&#39;t just a google search away? If the blogger here can do this, why the reporter can&#39;t? Did CTV require and train all the reports to perform due diligence? I think CTV is responsible to answer these questions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-37026268533725633922013-02-15T13:27:08.974-08:002013-02-15T13:27:08.974-08:00The blogger must be a renter waiting for a 50% dro...The blogger must be a renter waiting for a 50% drop in house prices. LOL.<br /><br />Keep waiting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-32605823450740285432013-02-15T08:03:55.136-08:002013-02-15T08:03:55.136-08:00Congrats on this story, its in the Globe today.Congrats on this story, its in the Globe today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-69316371440106043792013-02-14T20:43:01.347-08:002013-02-14T20:43:01.347-08:00They look like Chinese, but I would question wheth...They look like Chinese, but I would question whether Amanda Lee is from China (Mainland). Over there they would spell their surname Li. Lee is the way they would spell the same surname in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Not very clever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-34887094826505319052013-02-14T20:39:56.914-08:002013-02-14T20:39:56.914-08:00The two girls don&#39;t even look like sisters.The two girls don&#39;t even look like sisters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-64650746270149108682013-02-14T14:16:29.305-08:002013-02-14T14:16:29.305-08:00Like I said......put em in jail.
Good work Whispe...Like I said......put em in jail. <br />Good work Whisperer.<br /><br />FarmerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-53890864652354132212013-02-14T13:34:24.882-08:002013-02-14T13:34:24.882-08:00nailed it! great job. nailed it! great job. hardcorevaluehttp://www.hardcorevalue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-40561876729290807802013-02-12T17:46:23.254-08:002013-02-12T17:46:23.254-08:00Is this worse than the Marine Gateway sellout news...Is this worse than the Marine Gateway sellout news media fiasco? I guess so because the lie is executed so poorly. Remember this. <br /><br />http://whispersfromtheedgeoftherainforest.blogspot.ca/2012/10/armchair-observations.html<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-8616638744378440682013-02-12T17:03:30.583-08:002013-02-12T17:03:30.583-08:00They are not busted until the mainstream media get...They are not busted until the mainstream media gets it out there to the masses. This blog has uncovered alot of these types of media shinnanigans in the past but it has always been swept under the rug and gone un-noticed. I hope that CTV does the right thing and retracts the story or digs deeper into how they may have been tricked. Now that&#39;s a story. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-58076853735160209772013-02-12T16:57:47.471-08:002013-02-12T16:57:47.471-08:00Exactly, this was all on VCI yesterday, her Facebo...Exactly, this was all on VCI yesterday, her Facebook account which shows all her photos. Same as the video.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-66861643191503469652013-02-12T16:20:57.321-08:002013-02-12T16:20:57.321-08:00I wouldn&#39;t buy a pack of pipe cleaners from a ...I wouldn&#39;t buy a pack of pipe cleaners from a man with shaped eyebrows, let alone a condo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-32887320141507698192013-02-12T15:56:22.305-08:002013-02-12T15:56:22.305-08:00CBC&#39;s story: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Can...CBC&#39;s story: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/BC/ID/2333674031/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-42492141998090727882013-02-12T15:38:32.008-08:002013-02-12T15:38:32.008-08:00I remember seeing an ad for a condo development a ...I remember seeing an ad for a condo development a few years ago - I forget which one but it was somewhere around Gastown or Chinatown. Anyway it featured a photo of young couple who had just bought one of the units. I recognized one of them (friend of a friend) and mentioned it to my friend. Turns out that couple never bought a unit, and were only in the ad because one of them was related to someone in the marketing company.<br /><br />Seems like this has been going on for a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-18009035274416697122013-02-12T15:30:30.540-08:002013-02-12T15:30:30.540-08:00Go to 1:50 of this video, I&#39;m not aware of any...Go to 1:50 of this video, I&#39;m not aware of any other major pre-sales projects along Drake Street: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPThYBYwmAI&amp;list=UUkYIS_mGGEioAF_nv1BINcw<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-60691163782650570832013-02-12T15:12:36.403-08:002013-02-12T15:12:36.403-08:00CBC ran virtually the same exact story on Saturday...CBC ran virtually the same exact story on Saturday night&#39;s local news, except in their version we&#39;re lead to beleive that Chris Lee bought the condo they were looking at. Coincidentally this is one of the most overpriced condo projects in all of downtown, Ian Watt even suggested as much in one of his most recent video blogs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-47915763982604388452013-02-12T14:50:12.507-08:002013-02-12T14:50:12.507-08:00Obviously, it&#39;s fradulent...so now my question...Obviously, it&#39;s fradulent...so now my questions are more technical, such as: how was CTV contacted? Who wrote the &quot;script&quot; and why did CTV run with it as the lead supper-hour news item? What persuaded them to do so? Was it disclosed that A_Lee was an employee of the firm marketing the condos? Did CTV know this was a totally scripted advertorial and did they investigate to see if there was any *real* Chinese purchasing activity as the result of CNY? Most importantly, did CTV News receive any kind of monetary benefit from MAC Marketing for running this item as the lead news story on the nightly news broadcast?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-41438600200994215632013-02-12T14:18:55.503-08:002013-02-12T14:18:55.503-08:00http://imgur.com/ax6kMDAhttp://imgur.com/ax6kMDAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-9078098196286907502013-02-12T14:11:47.503-08:002013-02-12T14:11:47.503-08:00Hey everyone,
Don&#39;t just slag CTV. CBC local...Hey everyone,<br /><br />Don&#39;t just slag CTV. CBC local news ran with almost the identical story also!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-20971412321788953952013-02-12T13:14:08.004-08:002013-02-12T13:14:08.004-08:00I also believe that it is the same Amanda Lee in b...I also believe that it is the same Amanda Lee in both the CTV report and MAC, but I would like to remove the last sliver of doubt with some tangible evidence. Can anyone provide a smoking gun?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-44830929360582836472013-02-12T12:35:21.121-08:002013-02-12T12:35:21.121-08:00Yeah, blatant fraud in every sense of the word. I...Yeah, blatant fraud in every sense of the word. It&#39;s all quite disgusting<br /><br />An ObserverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-15576422801321931042013-02-12T11:26:49.366-08:002013-02-12T11:26:49.366-08:00The CBC isn&#39;t going to embarrass another news ...The CBC isn&#39;t going to embarrass another news organization. CBC reporters might want a job with them in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-45268876448520428382013-02-12T10:59:40.305-08:002013-02-12T10:59:40.305-08:00This speaks to so many issues right now–deception ...This speaks to so many issues right now–deception in the real estate market, the degradation of journalistic standards, the operatives of how real estate prices in Vancouver became so inflated, the issue of HAM and how true it is that HAM have inflated our prices or whether that was just a marketing gimmick.<br /><br />The perception (rightly or wrongly) that housing is unaffordable to local people due to HAM investors is causing a great deal of racial animosity in our society. It is undermining Trudeau’s vision of a multicultural society where different races live in harmony. So if it is true that condo marketers and the local media have been deliberately deceiving the public into thinking that HAM are the cause of high prices, then they are guilty of something far worse than just pumping up real estate. If they really did this, they would be guilty of creating social tensions and racism and undermining multiculturalism.<br /><br />And I say all of this with the words “IF THIS IS TRUE” underlined. So far everything is being alleged. I am not claiming there is definitive proof of any wrong doing. I wouldn’t want to be accused of slander.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-30462683302777023492013-02-12T10:35:00.644-08:002013-02-12T10:35:00.644-08:00If anyone is going to remain impartial/objective i...If anyone is going to remain impartial/objective its going to be the cbc compared to the other local outlets. They need to do something here - it&#39;s a disgusting practice. There are many young people that are clueless and rely on the MSM to make major life decisions. You might say they deserve what they get if they can&#39;t see the big picture, but it is unfair when everyone is bombarded with this crap and rely on local media for truthful reporting. It is an &quot;engineered&quot; edge that is unfair and unethical and counterintuitive to what the media should be about. Shame on ctv and global. I&#39;ll be watching for a story from Matt... this could be big for him, death threats and all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-69562014537481623872013-02-12T10:22:02.069-08:002013-02-12T10:22:02.069-08:00To MAC and CTV : FRAUD - In criminal law, a fraud ...To MAC and CTV : FRAUD - In criminal law, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and also a civil law violation. Defrauding people or entities of money or valuables is a common purpose of fraud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com